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robotech_masterWell, just pulled the trigger on a $1300 bike battery order from Juiced. Having it shipped directly to the bike shop that is servicing my bike—that being eBoom Electric Bikes in Whitestown, about 22 miles northwest of me. Had contacted them via text earlier this week to confirm they could work on the bike for me, and Aaron came out and loaded it into his SUV and off we went.
Happily, we arrived to find them open. I hadn't thought to text and confirm ahead of time, apart from them having told me a few days ago they would be. When I wheeled the bike in, it turned out that the lady who ran the place had only just worked on the same model of bike for someone else a few days before. I was happy to know this, as it meant they'd already be familiar with the model. She looked at the bike and identified some things that needed fixing, like broken spokes. I advised as how I wanted a complete tune-up and battery replacement if possible.
She noted that I'd have to order the battery myself, because the woman with the other bike had needed a new battery as well but the company didn't have them in stock and wasn't making any more. However, it turned out she was using the medium size of battery. Juiced still has both the small and large sizes in stock, so when I got home I went ahead and placed the order.
It's a princely sum, to be sure, but I console myself in the knowledge that the money I spent on it really wasn't my money. It was a bonus I got from Uncle Sam to stimulate the economy, and so I'm spending it to do just that. Anyway, it seems only right I use the stimulus on something that can fill a need I have in light of Coronavirus now making it impossible to use BlueIndy and unsafe to use public transit. (And the bus people won't let me load my bike on the front anymore anyway, so I have to have the juice to support long round trips. And that size of battery should darned well have that juice!) Hopefully there won't be any problems with filling the order. I'm really excited about having that bike back, and I'll definitely take better care of this battery pack.
After I get the bike back, I'll probably also contact the battery reconditioning company that Juiced recommended and see about having them recondition the old battery pack. It can't hurt to have a spare available, especially if they run out of stock on these batteries to by the next time I need to replace them.
On the way back, we stopped at Trader Joe's for me to pick up some groceries, and then Five Guys for a burger and fries. Had a nice long conversation with Aaron. As we were talking, he mused on how we all grew up in a rural farmhouse in the middle of nowhere, so we had to be used to spending all the time hanging around the house because there just wasn't anywhere to go. He wondered if that was a factor in us generally finding it easier to cope than some people have been. "Stuck at home, can't go anywhere? That's not quarantine, that's just winter." Seems to me he might just have a point there.
Got home, put away groceries, chilling. Relishing being home again after being out and about. Hopefully before too long I'll be out and about on my e-bike.
Happily, we arrived to find them open. I hadn't thought to text and confirm ahead of time, apart from them having told me a few days ago they would be. When I wheeled the bike in, it turned out that the lady who ran the place had only just worked on the same model of bike for someone else a few days before. I was happy to know this, as it meant they'd already be familiar with the model. She looked at the bike and identified some things that needed fixing, like broken spokes. I advised as how I wanted a complete tune-up and battery replacement if possible.
She noted that I'd have to order the battery myself, because the woman with the other bike had needed a new battery as well but the company didn't have them in stock and wasn't making any more. However, it turned out she was using the medium size of battery. Juiced still has both the small and large sizes in stock, so when I got home I went ahead and placed the order.
It's a princely sum, to be sure, but I console myself in the knowledge that the money I spent on it really wasn't my money. It was a bonus I got from Uncle Sam to stimulate the economy, and so I'm spending it to do just that. Anyway, it seems only right I use the stimulus on something that can fill a need I have in light of Coronavirus now making it impossible to use BlueIndy and unsafe to use public transit. (And the bus people won't let me load my bike on the front anymore anyway, so I have to have the juice to support long round trips. And that size of battery should darned well have that juice!) Hopefully there won't be any problems with filling the order. I'm really excited about having that bike back, and I'll definitely take better care of this battery pack.
After I get the bike back, I'll probably also contact the battery reconditioning company that Juiced recommended and see about having them recondition the old battery pack. It can't hurt to have a spare available, especially if they run out of stock on these batteries to by the next time I need to replace them.
On the way back, we stopped at Trader Joe's for me to pick up some groceries, and then Five Guys for a burger and fries. Had a nice long conversation with Aaron. As we were talking, he mused on how we all grew up in a rural farmhouse in the middle of nowhere, so we had to be used to spending all the time hanging around the house because there just wasn't anywhere to go. He wondered if that was a factor in us generally finding it easier to cope than some people have been. "Stuck at home, can't go anywhere? That's not quarantine, that's just winter." Seems to me he might just have a point there.
Got home, put away groceries, chilling. Relishing being home again after being out and about. Hopefully before too long I'll be out and about on my e-bike.
